6.4.2012
Long time since the last chance I got to write something down here. My journal is soempty, and when I review my thoughts, they flow to me vividly, like the last second memory.
Okay, so i'm uncontrollably going randomly with my thoughts.
So, the past few days i was obsess with elantris. I got to admit, I haven't read much novels in english, not voluntarily at least. But this one takes me so much that I couldn't put it down. Yeah, exaggerating there, I did. I actually only got two chancces of reading the book. Everything wrapping around it is fascinating, especially the religious part.
So I was thinking this while at work, a really important one, and yeѕ, I'm a religious man. Triggered by elantris. I wonder, what if one day Christianity fallѕ? I mean, it's in human nature that people fear the most powerful and popular,and also deep inside they want to destroy, want the same glory, dark and sick honors to seize.
Where would I be if that very day should come? Is there going to be another religious conflict causing wars, bloodshed, and destructions?
Religious definitly meant power, the supernature that holds human fear and desire. Because most strange things that we couldn't foresee or explain, we push them to God. God will explain, or so he will send the proper answer to his followers. It is said that God shall protect his people, the fainthful.
I sometimes wonder if that's really God saying, that it's God left Bible and the Ten Commendments for later ages to study, to obey and pratice abstinence. If there is really God, why I'm still stuck in this situation. Shouldn't be right? I'm loyal to he the God, although I'm a sinner, everyone else is. It's just the matterof fact of how awful the sin is and what pain it causes on others. Probably mineshould be greater than others, but the fainth in me should cancel them all out. After all, I was born as the God's follower and contribute to him, the holy society, and help the others understand his great sacrifice and teachings.
What if Christianity collapses? Where should I be? If there is really a God, then he won't let this happen, for him knows that how many in the world, this sinful place are those following him, trusting him.
And if he resigns the duty or responsibility of saving this world and its people,do I show him my loyal by giving up my sinful mortal form? Or do I ѕimply convertto whatever the other religion should be that replace Christianity? As loyal as Isaid, I should choose the later option. But even God let this happen, he sits aside and sees, watches his people suffering. Rome, Vatican would be burn to ground.
I do, in some way have my duty also. Now a duty of performing my responsibility of taking care of my career, my family. And later they should increase to functionand support as a husband and father. If God, the inmortal can choose what to do, and eventually gives up, what's there left for us, the normal human to hope for? Do we still hope that we will reach heaven after showing God ѕimply as "we are the loyal people who done no harm or regret afterwards"?
If God can, then I also can, although that will leave me troubled.
I'm afraid, as techonology improved, number of extrems increases, that the "destruction" wouldn't be as slow as the previous conflict between Catholic and the Protestant. The entire Christianity will disappear before anyone pays attention. Suddenly something would takes over, and the next generation will only learn the religion in history book, as sinful as its followers used to be. This glory, which contribute greatly upon the Western and even the Global society, would anybody, ifany hold hatred in heart and plans for destory.
I hope not, as my family, the generations will go one, serve our glory God as theprotector, our savior.